Jason,
I would agree about jokes, they hold true even today. It's interesting how the image of the "cat" changes a little from year to year. Gene also drew many of the ads insided the magazine, which are pretty funny also. I'm always on the lookout for some of the issues I don't have. I talked to Gene a while back and he said he has none of the original drawings, that they have ended up in the hands of collectors. As you can imagine, he's pretty sad about this .
Mark